If you tell someone that you are celebrating Psychotherapy Day they will probably say ‘you need your head examined’ or some other joking remark, or maybe they will say that people who can afford psychotherapy don’t need a special day. Psychotherapy Day was founded in 2012 by a group of professionals and students and is designed to combat misconceptions and raise awareness of the vital work that is done by therapists in helping the one in four people who suffer from mental illness as well as those with emotional problems. The color turquoise is worn to show support for Psychotherapy Day and can be combined with their logo of a turquoise counselling chair on a black background. It is an ideal time to talk, write, read or blog about psychotherapy in order to break down stigmas and worries, to volunteer or donate to community mental health centers and to share psychotherapy research.
Word of the Day
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| Definition: | (noun) A mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity. | ||
| Synonyms: | tongue, clapper, lingua | ||
| Usage: | The creature had an enormously long glossa that it used to catch insects. | ||
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 | Ultima Online (UO) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMPORG) credited with popularizing the genre. Though there were games prior to UO that allowed hundreds of people to play at the same time, this MMPORG introduced simultaneous play by thousands of players worldwide through various servers called "shards." More than 1 million paid accounts have been created since the game launched in 1997. In July 2003, at the peak of its popularity, | ||
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 | Morgan was an American zoologist noted for his ingenious demonstration of the physical basis of heredity and the importance of the gene. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1933. Initially skeptical of Gregor Mendel's research and Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection, Morgan performed rigorous experiments demonstrating that genes were discrete chromosomal units of heredity. | ||
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 | The inhabitants of the Marshall Islands have long kept a tradition centered on thealele, a soft-sided basket handmade from the native pandanus plant. "Lutok Kobban Alele" is a weeklong festival that honors the basket as a national symbol and celebrates Marshallese culture in general, concluding with an official ceremony on Manit Day, a public holiday observed on the last Friday of September. Activities take place in the capital city of Majuro and include performances by Marshallese singers and dancers, feasts, traditional storytelling, and demonstrations of basket weaving and cooking. | ||
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 | Since the Golden Gate Bridge was built in San Francisco in 1937, more than 1,600 people have jumped off it and died. The bridge is one of many sites around the world that are considered suicide hot spots because people use them frequently to take their own lives. | ||
1513 - The Pacific Ocean was discovered by Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa when he crossed the Isthmus of Panama. He named the body of water the South Sea. He was truly just the first European to see the Pacific Ocean.
1789 - The first U.S. Congress adopted 12 amendments to the Constitution. Ten of the amendments became the Bill of Rights.
1890 - The Sequoia National Park was established as a U.S. National Park in Central California.
1981 - Sandra Day O'Connor became the first female justice of the U.S. Supreme Court when she was sworn in as the 102nd justice. She had been nominated the previous July by U.S. President Ronald Reagan.
1992 - In Orlando, FL, a judge ruled in favor of 12-year-old Gregory Kingsley. He had sought a divorce from his biological parents.
1997 - Mark & Brian received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
DAILY SQU-EEK
If You Were Born Today, September 25
You are warm, passionate, protective, creative, and you have a true appreciation for the dramatic, but at the same time, others readily respect you. You are able to mix business with pleasure, and enjoy doing it. You are attracted to, or you attract, people who are success-oriented, accomplished, and practical. Although likeable and charming, you are also a little difficult to get to know, and some level of mystery surrounds you. You thoroughly enjoy communicating, sharing your ideas, and reaching out to others, and many of you are skilled writers. Certainly you consider others' ideas as important, and you are at your best in one one one situations. Famous people born today: Will Smith, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Heather Locklear, Shel Silverstein, Mark Hamill, Christopher Reeve, Michael Douglas, Barbara Walters, William Faulkner.
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The Iberian midwife toad (Alytes cisternasii) is a species of frog in the family Alytidae found in Portugal and westernSpain. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and shrub land, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, intermittent rivers and freshwater marshes, pastureland, and aquaculture ponds. The species is affected by habitat loss, and the IUCNlists it as being "Near Threatened".
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Shadowland
Photograph by Adl Chai, National Geographic
Sunrise filtering through trees creates long shadows in East Java, Indonesia. Adl Chai captured this view from Mount Bromo, an active volcano and one of the country’s most iconic mountains.
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Maricopa Afghan pattern by Columbia-Minerva
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Both English and Japanese versions are fully charted using standard knitting and/or crochet symbols. Japanese version available here.
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Mock Croc Socks Pattern - Knitting Patterns and Crochet Patterns from KnitPicks.com
Designer: Susan Lawrence Pattern Type: Knit Difficulty Level: Intermediate Sizes Included: Women's M/L Yarn Shown: Palette Yarn
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Mini Mochi Mitered Eyelet Shawl pattern by Gail Tanquary
This shawlette features mitered diamonds with eyelet accents. Stitches are picked up as you work subsequent motifs.
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Plarn Sandals - Slippers pattern by Cindy RecycleCindy
Pattern written to use plastic bags cut 1 inch wide to crochet a women’s size sandal or slipper 9 to 9-1/2 shoe size. Pattern can be adapted to fit other sizes too.
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Roller Coasters pattern by Kirsten from Haak maar Raak!
Round and round and round it goes… These coasters have a very high customization factor, meaning that they are the perfect DIY gift! It’s a fairly easy pat...
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PFC08 Place Setting Free Crochet Pattern pattern by Patt...
A table setting crochet pattern, placemat, coaster and napkin ring.
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Domesblissity: Scones
Morning tea would have to be my favourite 'meal' of the day or should I say 'time' to eat of the day. Its probably because of the type of food that is usually on...
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CROCKPOT RECIPE
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CrockPot Cheeseburger Soup Recipe
Good morning! I decided to take the advice given from Fortress of Awesome to make a soup with Velveeta to get my kids excited about the Crock-Pot again.It worked.
Velveeta is wonderful.
I had a bit left over from the Buffalo Wing Soup, and was happy to use it up. That stuff is dangerous. I found myself cutting off a sliver here and there just because it was 10 am. Or 1 pm.
I've made this soup for years----I have since lightened it up the best I can without losing the cheesy-goodness. I have also omitted the can of condensed cream-of-something soup.
The Ingredients.
--4 cups chicken broth
--1 T dried onion (or 1/2 of a white onion, diced finely)
--1 lb lean ground beef, browned and drained on the stove top
--1 red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
--2 potatoes, cut in 1-inch cubes (the photo showed 4, but after cutting 2, I saw it was plenty)
--2 small garlic cloves, minced
--1 cup milk (to add later, soy is fine)
--24 oz Velveeta, cubed (to add later)
--Tabasco sauce, optional
--crumbled bacon, optional
The Directions.
Brown the meat on the stove top with the onion, and drain fat. I have used 1/2 pound instead of a whole pound before, and we didn't miss the extra meat. Set aside to cool a bit.
In a 5-6 quart crockpot, pour in chicken broth. Add garlic, bell pepper, and potatoes (I didn't peel them), and add. Stir in the browned meat and onion.
Cover and cook on low for 6 hours, or until onions are translucent and potatoes are tender. Stir in milk and Velveeta 20-30 minutes before serving. If you'd like the broth thicker, blend a bit with a hand held stick blender.
Garnish with Tabasco sauce and crumbled bacon if desired.
The Verdict. Everyone liked this. Surprise, surprise.
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It's time for the 2015 RBD Back-to-School Blog Tour! We are excited to bring you a fantastic line-up of pattern designers and bloggers - all ready to share the...
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CHILDREN'S CORNER ... origami
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Back to School Fortune Teller
Basic origami instructions for children to make a back to school fortune teller craft.
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QUOTE
"Welcome" in Catalan (Spain, France) [to group] - Benvinguts
CLEVER
Spend some quality time cleaning out your kitchen sink with baking soda, vinegar, rock salt, ice cubes, and lemons.
Today says that kitchen sinks are dirtier than most bathrooms (most). .
EYE OPENER
thanks, susan
POISONOUS MUSHROOMS
Mushroom poisoning (also known as mycetism) refers to harmful effects from ingestion of toxic substances present in a mushroom. These symptoms can vary from slight gastrointestinal discomfort to death. The toxins present are secondary metabolites produced in specific biochemical pathways in the fungal cells. Mushroom poisoning is usually the result of ingestion of wild mushrooms after misidentification of a toxic mushroom as an edible species. The most common reason for this misidentification is close resemblance in terms of color and general morphology of the toxic mushrooms species with edible species.
To prevent mushroom poisoning, mushroom gatherers need to be very familiar with the mushrooms they intend to collect as well as with any similar-looking toxic species. In addition, edibility of mushrooms may depend on methods of preparation for cooking. Collectors also need to be well aware that edibility or toxicity of some species varies with geographic location.[
Bloody Tooth
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There sure are a lot of toxic mushrooms out there. I'll make sure our DD is well-informed on this front.
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